Abstract:

This study was conducted in one of the schools in ThabaNchu region in Free State Province in South Africa, where 21 teachers were given questionnaires to complete in order to assess their work-related stress which give rise to mental illness. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were followed in order to determine major sources of stress and to calculate the stress vulnerability index. Findings revealed that teachers’ majors sources of stress emanate from large number of learners in classes which lead to poor academic performance as well as large number of learners progressed into next classes without necessarily passing their previous grades. The vulnerability index was found to be 0.4925 which indicated that truly teachers prone to stress effects which might adversely impact on their health status.